"The first victory we can claim is that our hearts are free of hatred. Hence we say to those who persecute us and who try to dominate us: ‘You are my brother. I do not hate you, but you are not going to dominate me by fear. I do not wish to impose my truth, nor do I wish you to impose yours on me. We are going to seek the truth together’. THIS IS THE LIBERATION WHICH WE ARE PROCLAIMING."
Oswaldo José Payá Sardiñas (2002)

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Student Movement presents the motives for their protests

"Without Freedom, nothing." - Venezuelan Student Movement

Student
and civil protests that are taking place in Venezuela are the result of
the systematic destruction of our country at the hands of a communist
regime and the complicity of those who benefit from the system. Impoverishment
, insecurity , shortages and all the problems that beset the country,
not derived from the inefficiency of the government, they are the typical policies of
these regimes. Its main objective is the spiritual ruin and slavery of peoples.On Youth Day, glorious anniversary for all Venezuelan students,
we raised the volume of our protest and several compatriots gave their lives
for it. Today we reclaim the patriotism of these young people, the hundreds arrested and tortured, unifying the entire Nation around Liberty. In such historical circumstances, responsibility calls us all: we
call on all the Venezuelan people to remain in the streets, it is
necessary to restore the constitutional order.Being this the nature of our goals, the Student Movement considers, as a first
step, the resignation of Nicolas Maduro and his entire cabinet. Likewise, our State can not continue under the direction of castro communism: We demand the immediate expulsion of all Cuban agents from our
institutions.

Our resistance is legitimate, no ruler has the right to assume the reins of the lives of those he is governing. The government is simply delegated the administration of the public: never to be lighthouses of the existence of citizenship. This that we describe occurs in a legitimate government, our disobedience is
justified even more so with an illegitimate government like this. It is absolutely impossible to dialogue with leaders who have usurped functions that do not belong to them.The Student Movement does not recognize institutions that attempt against the life of its citizens. That
is why we do not dialogue or negotiate Freedom with communists; that
would mean a betrayal of Venezuela and ourselves as free and independent
beings. That is why our call extends to all Venezuelans, at stake the future of us all. Together we can reverse the process of political, economic, social and cultural decay that this regime has led us into. It is vital to overcome, otherwise, we will not be the masters of our fate.